Lily Mae Foundation

The Lily Mae Foundation in Balsall Common was established in July 2010 in memory of Lily Mae Jackson, the stillborn child to Ryan and Amy Jackson. The Foundation became a UK Registered Charity in October 2012.

The Foundation’s focus is on helping and supporting Parents and Families that have been affected by stillbirth or neonatal deaths. The Lily Mae Foundation aims to help change public perception of Stillbirth and Neonatal Death. The Charitable Objectives of The Lily Mae Foundation are:

1. To promote and protect the psychological, emotional and physical health and well-being of parents, their families and friends when a baby dies in the uterus, or at birth or soon after birth, by:

a) Supporting and providing information to bereaved parents, their families and friends.

b) Working collaboratively to improve and enhance professional practice with health and social care professionals for the benefit of bereaved parents and their families.

2. To promote and assist in research and the implementation of best practice to identify the causes and help reduce the incidence of the death of a baby in the uterus, at birth or soon after birth.

3. To make donations to other charitable organisations having similar objects as the charity that the trustees shall at their discretion deem suitable.

4. To make donations to other charitable children’s organisations that the trustees shall, at their discretion deem suitable.